annual rEPort 2015 vÉtÉrinairES SanS FrontiÈrES SuiSSE
VSF
VÉTÉRINAIRES SANS FRONTIÈRES SUISSE
Table of Contents Editorial PAGE 3 Foreword by the Executive DirectoR PAGE 4 VSF-Suisse in a Nutshell PAGE 6 Zoom: Work in Fragile Context PAGE 9 Finances PAGE 23 Thank You PAGE 29
Imprint © VSF-Suisse, Berne, May 2016 | Collaboration: Kerstin Köffel (Editing, Concept, Text, Translations Ger. & Engl.), Daniel Bolomey (Concept, Foreword, Translations Fr.), Ueli Kihm (Editorial), Marcel Perret (Finances) | Pictures: Tom Martin (martinandmartin.eu), VSF-Suisse | Layout: Cuno Vollenweider (infowerkstatt.ch), Manuel Haefliger (grafikraum.ch) | Print: Rub Media AG | Paper quality: SQS-COC-100964 FSC recycling Contact VSF-Suisse, Mühlenplatz 15, P.O. Box 109, 3000 Berne 13, Switzerland, info@vsf-suisse.org, www.vsf-suisse.org, PC 30-24633-4, IBAN CH78 0900 0000 3002 4633 4
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Editorial
Unwavering Support Dear friends, we all keep forgetting how blessed we are to live in safe country where there are enough resources and work for all of us. Nevertheless we complain… about public transport being late, the weather being too hot or too cold, or the soil being too humid or too dry. Meanwhile, we forget what drought really means. The people in the parts of the world where VSF-Suisse operates have completely different perspectives and concerns. Still, they hold their own and fight tirelessly, no matter the instability, the wars, and the famines. Neither they nor our coworkers in the field ever give up. Our coworkers know their territories by heart as they usual-
ly grew up there. Even though they are confronted with hostile and difficult conditions, they never stop in their endeavors to improve the local populations’ living conditions and to offer sustainable solutions. In this Annual Report you will read much about these efforts and you will learn: every page transports hope, knowledge and a smile. Moreover, every page shows the extraordinary competences and tire less professionalism with which our teams in six African countries support the pastoralists. As our Executive Director Daniel Bolomey stresses, our small organization has made big progress. The stabilization, which has been initiated in the past years, is finally bearing fruit. This would not have been possible without all of your support. No matter if small gestures or big contributions: every sign of your solidarity is important to us and enables us to continue our work in the field.
My heartfelt Thank You to the entire team of VSF-Suisse for their incredible work, and to you, dear friends of VSFSuisse, for your unwavering support. Warm regards, Ulrich Kihm
Ueli Kihm, President VSF-Suisse.
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Foreword by the Executive Director
2015: The Stabilization Thanks to the commitment, which has been shown in all parts of the organization over the past years, it has become possible to follow our goal of stabilization effectively and sustainably, even though we keep facing tough demands. Precarious conditions show themselves within many aspects of our work. As you will be reading later, VSF-Suisse intervenes in fragile contexts that are characterized by violence, civil wars, terrorism, inadequate governance, and natural disasters. We have the ability to work in the field under difficult conditions thanks to our coworkers who have grown up within the local communities. Thus, they feel “at home” while at work and are being protected by the beneficiaries. “Whenever I see one of the VSFSuisse team members, he or she is sur-
rounded by a group of people just like themselves. And that is exactly what protects them the most!” I learned from a United Nations manager in South Sudan a while ago. What I have recently seen with my own eyes as well is how vulnerable the livelihoods of the pastoralists in Ethiopia’s Somali region are. There, the rainy seasons keep occurring unregularly. Animals are dying and basic foods like milk and meat disappear with them. The families become dependent
on emergency aid. They are queuing in camps for internally displaced persons in order to receive food aid such as water and flour. VSF-Suisse even distributes meat and fodder for their remaining livestock. Even though they have to deal with these circumstances, these people do not lose hope and remain convinced that they will be able to take up their pastoralist lives as soon as the rain sets in; provided that they will have enough livestock left or have been beneficiaries to live stock distribution.
Meat distribution to beneficiaries in Ethiopia.
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From a financial perspective, VSF- Suisse has moved in the right direction once again. We have closed this year with positive results and are starting to stabilize our organizational capital although we are not able to build up reserves yet. Admittedly, we experienced financial pressure due to difficulties in project acquisi tion in certain countries. This has been the case primarily in Kenya and was caused by changing strategies and priorities of donors. Thanks to clever management, we still succeeded in staying on-site. This resistance against difficult circumstances exists thanks to the extraordinary commitment of our coworkers, who face big challenges in their daily work and help our organization overcoming difficult moments. They are outstanding personalities whom we want to thank with all our hearts.
Despite difficult circumstances, VSFSuisse keeps following the paths of solidarity as well as stabilization within the organization. The results prove us right, as you will be able to read in this Annual Report. Consolidation is happening in all parts of the organization: administration, management, financial control, project management, capital acquisition. At this point, I would like to mention the significant efforts of our Board of Directors in asking for support among those who later become the “Friends of VSF- Suisse”. Every donation counts, but the support of your big donors strengthens the base of our organization. In the future, we will focus on developing our partnerships with organizations that support us in implementing projects on the one hand, as well as organizations which value our commitment to stabilize our base and opti mize our competences on the other
hand, and thus support us financially. We are on the right track in doing so. My heartfelt thanks to all of you for your valued dedication in favor of the ones in need. Daniel Bolomey
Daniel Bolomey, Executive Director VSF-Suisse.
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VSF-Suisse in a Nutshell
Healthy animals, healthy people, healthy environment VSF-Suisse was founded in 1988 by a group of veterinary students at University of Berne. Now, 28 years later, the organization follows the same goal as then: To support the poorest and most vulnerable African populations in building new livelihoods in accordance with their lifestyle. This happens always in harmony with the environment and is mostly achieved through helping livestock, which are of utmost importance for many African populations, to good health. Healthy animals save lives!
Our teams in the field consist of veterinarians, project managers, coordinating staff, and finance staff. They train people on-site in animal keeping and animal husbandry, vaccinate livestock, train lay veterinarians, and distribute healthy animals to families in times of crises. In applying these measures, VSF-Suisse manages to help entire Âfamilies to build herds which they can keep by their own means. Subsequently, the animals produce the necessary food for the families. Excess animal products can be sold and thus provide the families with a sustainable income, so they are not dependent on aid anymore.
An animal vaccination in South Sudan.
From dependence to independence: VSF-Suisse’s support makes it possible.
A mother explains how many people there will be fed from the meat received.
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INTERNATIONAL
VSF-SUISSE IN 2015
The Network VSF International
Active in over 40 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the members of the network “Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International” (VSF-Int) work to strengthen small-scale live stock keeping and farming, serving the most vulnerable pastoral and rural populations. VSF-Int seeks to build healthy relationships between people, animals, and the environment. By strengthening veterinary services and improving the wellbeing and resilience of the livestock keepers, VSF-Int enhances food security, food safety and food sovereignty around the globe.
The members of the network coordinate their actions geographically, pool their resources, share their skills and experiences, and reinforce the capacities of network members and other partners. They serve pastoral and r ural populations and act collectively to advocate in favor of small-scale family farming, livestock keeping, animal and human health, and a healthy environment. www.vsf-international.org
– 6 African countries – 32 projects – More than 3 000 animals distributed – Almost 1.4 m animal treatments – 488 trained lay veterinarians – More than 1 metric ton of food distributed – More than 30 000 survival kits, veterinary kits, and fishing kits distributed – More than 800 trainings and awareness campaigns with over 30 000 participants – More than 200 000 supported households – 1 million beneficiaries
Furthermore Building of several stables, wells, water holes, tree nurseries, and water dams!
Zoom Work in Fragile Context
A peasant in the Horn of Africa.
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mali: Support of local dairy farmers through a peasant network as well as strengthening of the milk value chain and income generating measures.
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Togo: Environmental protection and poverty reduction through improvement of livelihoods as a result of income generation in the areas of agriculture and livestock farming.
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south sudan: Strengthening of food security, income generating measures, and child protection through reintegration of former child soldiers.
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ethiopia: Increasing of food security and resilience of the pastoralist population, and emergency aid projects to survive the current drought.
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kenya: Improvement of local peasants’ and livestock farmers’ resilience as well as increasing of food security through introduction of camel herding.
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somalia: Food security through animal feed cultivation and establishment of an animal health network, and emergency aid measures.
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Conflicts and Disasters
Despite working in fragile context on a daily basis, the team members of VSF-Suisse show tireless commitment to vulnerable populations. In harmony with nature and animals, we support the local peoples in their endeavors to help themselves and build sustainable livelihoods out of their own strength. It has been 28 years that the teams of Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse stand up for the good of vulnerable populations in several African countries. For just as long, this has been work in fragile context, which means that it is characterized by severe instabilities. Many of the countries in which we work are instable due to not having existed for long or uniting many different peoples
under one roof, which makes them subject to shocks easily. At the same time, some of the populations within these countries are not resilient themselves. It takes not more than a little unsteadiness in food intake, weather conditions, or the political system to threaten a population as a whole. The team members of VSF-Suisse dedicate their time to alleviating these circumstances for the poorest and most vulnerable.
In South Sudan, for example, there are clashes between different peoples as well as armed conflicts happening time and again. People fight for land, livestock, political power and posts. Furthermore, there are rebels in some of the counties who revolt against the central government. Both the army and armed groups tend to recruit children as soldiers. Thus, it is an important task for the VSF-Suisse team members to free the fighting children and adolescents from the army and enable them to live peacefully.
A child milking a zebu in South Sudan.
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While working on these tasks, our teams themselves are subject to daily threats to life and safety due to recurring riots, clashes and fights. In the West African country of Mali, the situation is not safe at all times either. During the last years, there have been a lot of uprisings and conflicts in the North of the country, and there has been a terror attack on a hotel in Mali’s capital city Bamako in November 2015. The situation stays precarious in the entire region, as we could see once again in January 2016, when a terror attack in the country of Burkina Faso took place. To be able to work in these surroundings, we are dependent on team members who have had special training and are able to hold themselves together under extreme conditions on the one hand, and keep their focus on the vulnerable populations on the other hand. We are proud of the knowledge that our teams in the field consist of exactly this kind
of people. Many of them grew up in the local populations and are thus used to living as well as working in fragile context. At the same time, they have the capacity to communicate with the beneficiaries on an equal footing, and have a feeling for their needs as well as the adequate fulfilment of these.
Somalian extremists commit attacks on a regular basis. In Somalia, radical Islamic militia have been threatening the inhabitants’ lives for years. Our teams and the vulnerable populations in the Horn of Africa stand side by side in their fear for life as well as the wish for a safe and peaceful environment.
Not only the people in South Sudan and Mali are subject to security risks: The inhabitants of Kenya and Somalia do not live safely at all times either. In the multi-ethnic country of Kenya, there are conflicts after elections, and
However, it is not only the threat to life that the people on-site have to live with. Poor environmental conditions pose a problem for the local peoples on the one hand and for the VSFSuisse team members in the African project countries on the other hand. Whether in Somalia with its recurring droughts, floods and cyclones, or in Togo, where the local peasants cannot find livelihoods anymore because the Abdoulaye forest, which they used for hunting, has been placed under nature protection, or in Ethiopia, where the pastoralists face the worst drought in 30 years:
Vegetable pickers in Togo.
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Changing environmental conditions pose a challenge to all of us. However, a vulnerable population like the pastoralists of the Ethiopian Somali region is being pushed to its absolute limits. That is where VSF-Suisse enters the field and supports the poorest by distributing food and healthy animals, vaccinating and deworming animals, rehabilitating waterholes, and training laymen in animal keeping, animal husbandry and animal health. The goal stays the same in all the project countries and under all kinds of living conditions: To support the people in building new livelihoods by themselves. These livelihoods are not only based on the health of the people, but first and foremost on the health of their livestock in harmony with nature.
We at VSF-Suisse call this the “One Health” concept. We are convinced that only this approach makes it possible for us to support the poorest popu lations in surviving sustainably and in the long-term. Our achievements in 2015 prove us right!
Breastfeeding mothers and their children belong to the most vulnerable groups of people in the Horn of Africa.
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South Sudan
Securing Survival in Africa’s Youngest State
In South Sudan, not only the instable security situation imposes a threat to the local people, but also the lack of food. During fights, crop cultivation as well as livestock farming have been badly affected. Our teams on-site face challenges in distributing food aid to the local population on the one hand and to returning refugees on the other hand. We carried out 13 projects in 2015. Therein, we fought for the improvement of peoples’ living conditions on-site. We concentrated on the regions bordering Sudan, namely Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity State, Jonglei, and Upper Nile. Our activities spanned from emergency animal care, vaccination campaigns and production of fodder
to building of irrigation systems and water dams. We distributed kits for vegetable cultivation and fishery kits to our beneficiaries in order to enable them to support themselves. Additionally, we supported the reintegration of former child soldiers, as in previous years, by distributing survival kits to them. There is a lot we have already achieved in South Sudan, but just as much remains to be done!
South Sudan – Capital: Juba – Area: 544 349 km² – Population: over 12 m – Independence: 2011 – HDI* rank: 169 out of 188
* Human Development Index
– Life Expectancy: 55.7 years – Infant Mortality: 64.1 / 1000 – Population Growth: 4 % / year – Population Share below National Poverty Line: 50.6 % – Malnourished Children*: 31.1 %
* below 5 years of age
Work Examples 2015 – 2 430 animals distributed – 252 495 animal treatments – 460 trained lay veterinarians – 31 548 vegetable cultivation and fishery kits distributed – 24 946 beneficiary households
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Kenya
Camels against Climate Change
The arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya are subject to droughts time and again. Thus, the people on-site face great challenges. In many places, agriculture is not an adequate option anymore. Cattle farming has proved to be insufficient, as the livestock cannot find enough food and water at times. This is why the Kenyan peoples started adding camels to their livestock herds. And we support their efforts! This includes the conduction of trainings and sensitization campaigns in the areas of camel keeping and camel care as well as the transfer of knowledge on hygienic processing of camel meat and camel milk. These measures provide the Kenyan population with the means to adapt to climate change
and support themselves with sufficient amounts of food on-site. In 2015, our work was focused on Isiolo and Wajir regions in the East of Kenya. While we supported the people in Isiolo in milk and meat production, we got a new and extremely exciting project in Wajir going: an app for smart phones in order to inform about animal diseases.
KENYA – Capital: Nairobi – Area: 580 367 km² – Population: over 45 m – HDI* rank: 145 out of 188
* Human Development Index
– Life Expectancy: 61.6 years – Infant Mortality: 47.5 / 1000 – Population Growth: 2.7 % / year – Population Share below National Poverty Line: 45.9 % – Illiterate Adults: 27.8 % – Malnourished Children*: 35.2 % * below 5 years of age
Work Examples 2015 – 329 trainings and sensitization campaigns – 10 trained lay veterinarians – 22 176 trained persons – 12 042 beneficiary households
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somalia
Healthy Animals against the Hunger
Our work in Somalia emphasizes on emergency aid. Over the last years, the country in the Horn of Africa was subject to droughts, with subsequent heavy rains that led to floods time and again. Hence, big parts of the harvests were lost. The livestock emaciated, migrated, or even died. By now, more than 200 000 children below the age of 5 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. In Gedo region, which borders Kenya and Ethiopia, we provide emergency aid such as veterinary treatments for the remaining animals, training of lay veterinarians for future animal health services, and the distribution of fodder for dairy cows and young livestock, in order to enable the people to live off animal products. All the planning steps
have been finished in 2015 and we will apply the measures in 2016. In Puntland, which lies in the North of the Horn of Africa, our implemented projects contain the cultivation of fodder, as well as the establishment of an extensive veterinary service network in order to help the animals to a better health status. This will lead to increased production of milk, meat and other livestock products.
SOMALIA – Capital: Mogadishu – Area: 637 657 km² – Population: approx. 10 m – Life Expectancy: 55.4 years – Infant Mortality: 89.8 / 1000 – Population Growth: 2.9 % / year – Child Labor Rate: 49 % – Orphaned Children: 630 000 – Malnourished Children*: 42.1 % * below 5 years of age
Work Examples 2015 – 4 510 animal treatments – 6 trained lay veterinarians – 385 trained persons – 157 938 beneficiary households – 125 440 beneficiaries
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Ethiopia
Emergency Aid for Pastoralists and Livestock
In Ethiopia, the teams of VSF-Suisse are focused primarily on Somali region. The pastoralists, who live there, depend completely on livestock farming. Their way of life is currently threatened due to a prolonged drought. Because of the climate phenomenon El Niño, the region keeps missing out on rainy seasons one by one, and many livestock have already migrated or even died. In the second half of 2015, VSF-Suisse thus focused on providing lifesaving measures. Our teams in the field supported the pastoralists under extreme condi tions with the distribution of food and water, as well as veterinary emergency aid to attain the survival of the people and the animals. As soon as
the current drought will be overcome, we will concentrate on the recovery of the pastoralists’ livelihoods and the expansion of their livestock herds. This will be achieved by provision of veterinary services for the livestock, because only healthy animals can serve as a sufficient base of living for the people. But also the dissemination of latest veterinary knowledge concerning animal keeping and animal husbandry is imperative, because it is very important for the families to keep only as many animals as they can sustain themselves.
Ethiopia – Capital: Addis Ababa – Area: 1 104 300 km² – Population: over 96.5 m – HDI* rank: 174 out of 188
* Human Development Index
– Life Expectancy: 64.1 years – Infant Mortality: 44.4 / 1000 – Population Growth: 2.6 % / year – Population Share below National Poverty Line: 29.6 % – Illiterates: 61 % – Malnourished Children*: 44.2 % * below 5 years of age
Work Examples 2015 – 900 animals distributed – 1 119 651 animal treatments – 9 120 kg distributed food and feed – 12 trained lay veterinarians
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MALI
MALI
Milk for All
The precarious security situation, as well as the insufficient knowledge about hygienic processing of animal products, posed a problem for Mali’s peoples for a long time. Despite herding cattle, the milk had not been processed correctly, which led to a lack of locally produced dairy. Products such as milk powder had to be imported from abroad, which was expensive on the one hand, and not as nutritious on the other hand. One of our model projects over the last 10 years was implemented in Mali. It contained the implementation of a milk value chain in the region around Bamako. Our goal was to enable the people who live there to consume hygi enically flawless processed cattle milk.
We succeeded despite the difficult conditions we face in Mali: Phase 3 of project PAFLAPUM was successfully finished in 2015. In 2016, we will start project phase 4. Herein, we will continue to support the people of Mali in their endeavors to produce and consume hygienically flawless and cooled cattle milk. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to buy local dairy products at milk distribution stands and kiosks built especially for that purpose. The creation of these distribution sites leads to the female as well as the analphabetic parts of the population being able to participate in gainful employment. Thus, they can also provide for their families.
– Capital: Bamako – Area: 1 240 192 km² – Population: over 14.5 m – HDI rank: 179 out of 188 * Human Development Index – Life Expectancy: 58 years – Infant Mortality: 77.6 / 1000 – Population Growth: 3 % / year – Population Share below National Poverty Line: 43.6 % – Malnourished Children: 38.5 % – Illiterates: 66.4 %
Work Examples 2015 – 1 000 metric tons of food distributed – 394 trainings – 3 750 trained persons – 20 new stables built
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TOGO
Dedication to humans, animals, and the forest
10 years ago, the Abdoulaye forest of Togo has been placed under nature protection. However, many peasants, who had been ousted from their home towns several years before, had subsequently built settlements around it. They grew accustomed to using that very forest for their survival. They cleared the woodlands, hunted animals, and collected honey wildly. However, all of a sudden, these activities have become illegal. In the interplay between nature protection, nutritional requirements, and the following of legal orders, VSF-Suisse supports the Togolese peasants in building alternative livelihoods. Within the framework of project APFA, several beneficiary villages were selected,
and peasants were linked within newly established peasant organizations. After several trainings and sensiti zation campaigns regarding nature protection, livestock were distributed to the locals, stables were built, and the people were trained in modern livestock keeping, livestock husbandry, and livestock hygiene. With these measures, we have come a big step closer to our goal of helping the Togolese peasants out of poverty. We will continue our way towards that goal in 2016.
TOGO – Capital: Lomé – Area: 56 785 km² – Population: almost 7 m – HDI rank: 162 out of 188 * Human Development Index – Life Expectancy: 59.7 years – Infant Mortality: 55.8 / 1000 – Population Growth: 2.6 % / year – Population Share below National Poverty Line: 58.7 % – Illiterates: 39.6 % – Child Labor Rate: 28.3 % – Malnourished Children*: 29.8 % * below 5 years of age
Work Examples 2015 – 42 trainings and sensitization campaigns – 1 165 trained persons
Finances Going Further Uphill
A peasant in South Sudan. Good crop leads to good harvest.
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Financial Statements 2015
Positive Development
VSF-Suisse not only managed to close the year 2015 with positive numbers again, but also to increase the project revenues. The excellent liquidity indicates a good order situation for the coming year.
After 2014, which has been a year of financial shift, a positive growth performance is finally showing. The profit of CHF 127 873.- was achieved above all through a 12 % increase in project volume. However, the trend to declining margins for the financing of overhead costs has continued. Nevertheless, the operating result is being kept stable. An important pillar to support the financing of our activities are the donations received by our donors, members, and sponsors, above all the “Friends of VSF-
Suisse”. We are striking out in a new direction in fundraising through a new partnership. Optimization of Accounting In 2015, we refined our Cash Management and tested it in a pilot. The accounting processes were standardized and backlogs in the countries’ accountancies were cleansed. As the demands of donors as well as legislation to financial leadership increase continu-
ally, the optimization of finances and accounting will continue in 2016. Increase of Liquidity and Equity Resources Over the last year we won new projects, which were started in the last quarter of the year. This had a posi tive influence on liquidity. Thus, we can begin the new year with a good order situation and sufficient means for our project work. Concerning currencies, 2015 has been turbulent. In January, there was the depreciation of the euro against the Swiss franc, which led to currency losses. Furthermore, the South Sudanese pound was deprecated in December. However, the development of the dollar exchange rate was good for us, so on the bottom line there was a financial success on balance. The profit leads to
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an increase in organizational capital, and thanks to a partial waiver we were able to reduce our loan again. The strengthening of equity resources stays an important goal in 2016. We are in a very good starting position, thanks to the results 2015 and the newly obtained projects.
Development
2014 – 2015 (in CHF)
250 000
5m
230 425
2.5 m
4.8 m
1.55 m
81 335
4.3 m
0.59 m
South Sudanese children happily present their dairy goats, which they got from VSF-Suisse.
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2015
Project Volume
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Organizational Capital
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Liquid Assets
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Balance Sheet as of 31 December 2015 ASSETS 2015
2014
(in CHF)
LIABILITIES
2015
2014
Accounts payable 602 401 566 145 Liquid Assets 1 548 473 587 720 Accrued expenses 244 130 493 323 Accounts receivable projects 402 110 756 974 Total current liabilities 846 531 1 059 468 Other accounts receivable 2 737 96 683 Prepayments 28 809 54 666 Loans 0 0 Transfer accounts 0 32 120 Subordinated loan 80 000 90 000 Inventory 0 0 Restricted funds 843 414 715 986 Accrued income 1 076 401 018 Total long-term liabilities 923 414 805 986 Total current assets 1 983 205 1 929 181 Fixed assets Total fixed assets TOTAL ASSETS
17 165 17 165
17 608 17 608
2 000 370
1 946 789
Fund TVS GST AG Internally generated unrestricted funds Cumulated translation differences Fund “Currency Management” Surplus for the year Total organizational capital TOTAL LIABILITIES
You can look up both our Annual Report and Audit Report, which contains more in-depth information, on our website www.vsf-suisse.org/pub. Both documents are available for download.
126 000 -250 306 126 858 100 000 127 873 230 425
101 000 -637 716 130 641 100 000 387 410 81 335
2 000 370
1 946 789
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Statement of Operations as of 31 December 2015 (in CHF) INCOME
2015
2014
2015
2014
Project revenues 4 805 713 4 288 258 Administrative expenditure Donations 631 942 410 897 Materials, goods and services 5 674 -14 580 Bequests 0 400 000 Personnel -225 405 -215 871 Membership fees 33 620 36 415 Operating costs -333 397 -363 808 Contributions from projects 273 828 271 178 Depreciations -4 787 -11 330 Contributions from sponsors 43 736 0 Total administrative expenditure -557 915 -605 589 Other revenue 7 046 10 054 Operating result 608 197 671 925 TOTAL INCOME 5 795 885 5 416 802 Financial result EXPENDITURE Extraordinary result
54 883 -27 913 Project expenditure Result before assignment of restricted funds 635 167 Materials, goods and services -3 386 598 -2 913 601 Utilization of restricted funds 4 629 932 Personnel -666 838 -856 377 Allocation of restricted funds -5 112 226 Operating costs -441 879 -362 079 Balance of movement in restricted funds -482 294 Depreciations -4 935 -1 335 Result before assignment of Total project expenditure -4 500 250 -4 133 392 unrestricted funds 152 873 Fundraising expenditure Utilization of unrestricted funds 0 Personnel -4 904 0 Allocation of unrestricted funds -25 000 Operating costs -124 619 -5 896 Balance of movements in unrestricted funds -25 000 Total fundraising expenditure -129 523 -5 896
11 330 -7 525 675 730 4 217 715 -4 381 035 -163 320 512 410 0 -125 000 -125 000
ANNUAL PROFIT 127 873 387 410
Thank You For your Solidarity and Generous Support
A Malian girl drinking fresh milk.
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Success Stories
Overcoming Boundaries in Somalia
Thanks to You…
…VSF-Suisse succeeded in the implementation of many effective projects in several African countries in 2015. We thank you with all our heart for your trust and support! South Sudan: Food Security thanks to Veterinary Emergency Aid Mathew Bul from Ganyiel Payam in Unity State, South Sudan, is a farmer and father of three. He lost most of his cows in 2014, due to liver fluke infestations. However, his family was dependent on cattle milk and beef as their sole bases of nutrition, as they could not survive on agriculture anymore, because of heavy rains that have made the farmlands unworkable. In 2015, we supported Mathew Bul within the framework of project LERP. We trained
lay veterinarians, who subsequently helped the families who have been affected by animal losses the most. The lay veterinarians vaccinated and dewormed remaining animals. By now, Mathew Bul’s herd is enjoying good health again, and one cow even had a calf. The Bul family can finally consume sufficient nutrients, and they may even sell a cow in order to raise money for their children’s schooling fees!
Farhia Mohamed preparing a goat vaccination.
Farhia Mohamed from Iskushuban in Bari region, Somalia, is a very special lady: The animal lover is one of the few female lay veterinarians VSF-Suisse had the chance to train! Her main agendas are to look after the health of goats and sheep, offer advice to livestock keeping families, and deworm as well as vaccinate their livestock. The community loves their female lay veterinarian. We of VSF-Suisse are extremely proud that in training Ms. Mohamed we not only contributed to better health of Somalian livestock, but also to the breaking of gender specific barriers!
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Litte Children Making it Big The kids from 1st class of Ruggächer primary school in Zürich Affoltern came up with a remarkable initia tive in November: Organized by Céline Mbilo and class teacher Elena Bernaschina, the entire class set up a sales stand at school. There, they showed off a big VSF-Suisse banner, distributed VSF-Suisse flyers, and sold homemade cake and greeting cards. But not only did the children design and craft these greeting cards all by themselves, they even donated the entire revenue to VSF-Suisse! The children obviously enjoyed their fundraising, and we of VSFSuisse are delighted about this much dedication! Thank you so much!
“I am so happy: My family is not dependent on begging the neighbors for milk anymore!” Mathew Bul, Ganyiel Payam, South Sudan
“I am a widow with 7 children. Thanks to the installation of the milk vending kiosk, I had the opportunity to become independent and self-sufficient: I am not the widow anymore, but rather the milk seller.” Mme. Setou, Bamako, Mali
A Selfie a Franc (or more!)
The school kids at their sales stand.
“I have suffered from double vision for a long time, but all of a sudden I can manage to put a thread through a needle eye! Furthermore, I can introduce you to children, who have not been able to get up anymore due to severe hunger, but now they seem like they were revived!” Community elder, Kunka Kebele, Ethiopia
Around New Year’s, Vétoquinol enterprise came up with a creative fundraising campaign in favor of VSF-Suisse: They asked veterinarians to shoot Selfies with their prac tice teams, containing a balloon, and subsequently upload these Selfies to their website. The more the merrier: For every person in the picture, Vétoquinol donated one Franc to VSF-Suisse. Later on, they even rounded up to over 1 000 Francs. The campaign was a success, and Vétoquinol is now one of our “sponsors”. Thank you so much!
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Support 2015 Friends of VSF-Suisse 2015 Persons, who donated a minimum amount of CHF 1 000.-, including in the framework of the campaign “Vaccinate for Africa” Adoutte Danielle & Roux Philippe | Althaus Felix | Baumann Werner | Bigler Beat & Christine | Brosi Urs | Brunner Käthi | Brunner-Humbel Madeleine | Bürgi Isidor | Camichel Christina | Casura Christian | Deillon Jean-Bernard | Devaux Renée | Dolder Markus | Eberli Toni & Patricia | Eggenberger Risch Ueli & Silvia | Federspiel Singh Geneviève | Friedli-Tschumi Ulrich & Christine | Fuschini Enzo | Gerber Esther | Gmür Daniel & Cosmetatos-Fahrni Isabelle | Goldinger Felix & Goldinger-Keller Elisabeth | Grandvaux Charles & Lilas | Griot Christian | Hauser Beat | Hauswirth-Zingre Hans Kurt | Horber Peter | Kaufmann Christine & Gianini Maurizio | Kaiser Gisela | Keller Dominik | Keller & Pedretti | Kihm Ulrich | König Beat | Kreyenbühl Karin | Manser Amman Esther & Thomas | Maret Schwerzmann Cathy & Markus | Martig Johannes | Meylan Mireille | Moser Markus | Pool Romano & Brigitte | Pospischil Andreas | Räber Alex | Raetz Katharina | Räschle Josef | Riedener Markus | Risi-Rickenbacher Josef | Safford Judith | Salm Christoph | Schläpfer Heinz & K athrin | Schmid Gregor | Schneider Erika | Schneider-Fröbel Fritz | Schüpbach Gertraud | Seewer Kaestli Martin | Siegenthaler Margret | Sihler Monika & Hanspeter | Stärk Spallek Katharina & Marcus | Steinlin Hanspeter | Stohler Eduard | Struchen Christian | Stuker Gerhard | Stutz-Scherer André & Theres | Syz David | Vannini Rico & Imelda | Vogel Stauffacher Regula | Waldvogel Andreas & Ursula | Wenger Bettina | Wetli Urs | Witzig Paul | Wyss Johannes & Monika | Wyss Bernhard & Christine | Wyss Hans & Caroline
Friendship in South Sudan
Friendship in Mali
Sponsors 2015 Canton of Schwyz | Emergency Service of Valais | Emergency Service TA Biel and Surroundings | Emmental Insurance | Federal Food Security and Veterinary Office (BLV) | Foundation for the Protection of Pets | Laboratory of the Original Cantons | MSD Animal Health GmbH | Municipal Council of Risch | Munici pality of Veyrier | Municipality of Zumikon | Parish of Bern Nydegg | Society of Swiss Veterinarians (GST) | Swissgenetics | Veterinary Emergency Service of the City of Berne and Agglomeration | Veterinary Settlement Agency GST AG | Vétoquinol GmbH | Virbac Switzerland AG | Vital AG Friendship in Kenya
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Collaboration 2015 Senior Management 2015 – Daniel Bolomey, Executive Director – Nicole Litschgi, Deputy Executive Director, Programme Manager Western Africa and Ethiopia – Frédérique Darmstaedter, Programme Manager Greater Horn of Africa (since October 2015) – Marc Dietrich, Programme Manager Greater Horn of Africa (until September 2015) – Marcel Perret, Head of Finance (since November 2015) – Martin Barasa, Country Director South Sudan – Moussa Diabate, Country Director Mali, CAB Déméso – Davis Ikiror, Country Director Kenya and Somalia – Komi Lokou, Country Director Togo – Kebadu Simachew Belay, Country Director Ethiopia
Board of Directors 2015 – Ulrich Kihm (President) – Müfit Sabo (Financial Executive) – Andreas Waldvogel (Actuary) – Cathy Maret – Pascale Wälti Maumier – Until June 2015: Enzo Fuschini | Olivier Flechtner | Stefanie Graf | Fritz Schneider | Dirk Strabel | Jakob Zinsstag | Albert Zwicker (Financial Executive)
Expert Group Designated by the Board Med. vet. Olivier Flechter, former Board Member and President | Dr. med. vet. Enzo Fuschini, former Board Member and President | Dr. med. vet. Ilona Glücks, International Cooperation and Livestock Specialist, VSF-Suisse Consultant, Kenya | Med. vet. Stefanie Graf, Student Executive, former Board Member | Dr. rer. Pol. Judith Safford, NPO Consultant, VSF-Suisse HR Consultant | Fritz Schneider, Ing. Agr. ETH, International Cooperation and Livestock Specialist, former Board Member | Dr. Felix von Sury, Dr sc.tech. ETH, Consultant International Cooperation and Non-Profit Management, former Board Member | Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss TPH Basle, Epidemiologist, “One Health”, former Board Member
Vaccinate for Africa 2015 Swiss animal lovers as well as veterinarians supported their colleagues in Africa: Within the framework of our yearly campaign “Vaccinate for Africa”, which took place for the 10th time in 2015, 37 473 Francs have been collec ted by 75 participating veterinary practices. Thanks to Virbac Switzerland AG, who paid all costs incurred, we were able to pull off this campaign. We thank everyone involved whole heartedly. Be with us again in 2016: www.vsf-suisse.org/vaccinate
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Institutional Partners 2015 Governmental Organizations
Non-governmental Organizations
Foundations
DFATD Global Affairs Canada (South Sudan) | DFID UK Department for International Development (Kenya) | ECHO European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (Ethiopia) | LED Liechtenstein Development Service (Mali) | SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Somalia, Ethiopia, Mali) | USAID/OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia)
ADESO African Development Solutions (Kenya) | CAB Déméso Support Committee of Regional Initiatives (Mali) | COOPI Italian Organization for International Cooperation (Ethiopia) | Cordaid Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid, The Netherlands (Ethiopia) | EPAG-K Kenyan Emergency Pastoralist Assistance Group (Somalia) | MVCP Mission of Volunteers Against Poverty (Togo) | Save the Children (Ethiopia) | share for food Alliance Swiss Organization for Food Assistance (Kenya) | OWDA Ogaden Welfare and Development Association (Ethiopia) | Oxfam UK Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, United Kingdom (Kenya) | Oxfam Intermón Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, Spain (Ethiopia) | VSF-Canada Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Canada (South Sudan) | VSF-Germany Veterinarians Without Borders Germany (South Sudan)
Biovision (Kenya) | Ernst Göhner Foundation (Togo) | Foundation Karl Mayer (Kenya) | Foundation Margaret and Francis Fleitmann (Togo) | Foundation Margarethe and Rudolf Gsell (Togo) | Medicor Foundation (Mali) | Swiss Solidarity (Ethiopia) | Symphasis Foundation (Mali) | Vontobel Foundation (Mali)
International Organizations FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (South Sudan) | IOM International Organization for Migration (South Sudan) | OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ethiopia) | UNDP United Nations Development Programme (South Sudan) | UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund (South Sudan)
Research Institutes IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute (Ethiopia)
Public Sector Switzerland Canton of Aargau (Mali) | Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Togo) | Canton of Basle-City (Togo) | Canton of Berne (Mali, Togo) | Canton of Geneva (Togo) | Canton of Glaris (Togo) | City of Berne (Togo) | City of Zurich (Mali) | Municipality of Küsnacht (Kenya) | Municipality of Riehen (Togo)
A Kenyan nomad child is being transported to a camp by a camel.
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